Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023
Latest action · Jul 21, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023
This bill provides funding for patient navigator grants to assist individuals in accessing abortion services.
The Department of Health and Human Services must award the grants to state, tribal, or local governments; nonprofits; or community organizations that offer unbiased and medically accurate programs, services, or activities to connect individuals with abortion services. Grant-funded activities include, among others, coordinating the scheduling, financing, and other logistics of abortion services.
Further, the bill prohibits individuals, entities, and states from preventing or otherwise disadvantaging an entity that is eligible to receive a grant from carrying out activities to assist individuals with accessing abortion services, including in any state in which those services are not lawful. Such activities include providing (or assisting in the provision of) abortion care and other reproductive health services that are either (1) lawful in the state where the services are provided, or (2) provided to an individual who does not reside in the state where the services are provided. The Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations; the bill also provides for a private right of action.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 24, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 21, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 125, July 20, 2023, page H3890.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2439 | Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Jul 20, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a grant program to fund reproductive health patient navigators for individuals seeking abortion services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
